Consultant Contract and Job Planning Advice
The Consultant Contract and Job Planning for Emergency Medicine Consultants
The BMA has prepared guidance which provides a broad overview of the principles of the 2003 Consultant contract together with specific advice appropriate for Emergency Medicine consultants. The objective is to enable Emergency Medicine consultants, and thus their patients, to work within and benefit from the 2003 contract. In view of the differences in contract between each of the
The guidance was prepared by the Emergency Medicine subcommittee of the Central Consultants & Specialists Committee with input from the Professional Standards Committee of the CEM. The document is based, with permission, upon the 2005 guidance published by the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and
This is a working document and the BMA and CEM welcome comments and suggestions for improvement in order to periodically update and revise the guidance as necessary. Please send any comments to philip.mcmillan@collemergencymed.ac.uk or contact the BMA CCSC EM subcommittee.
Emergency Medicine Job Planning in Practice
The College advocates, as stated in the 2003 contract, that for full time consultants the Job Plan will typically include an average of 7.5 Programmed Activities for Direct Clinical Care duties and 2.5 Programmed Activities for Supporting Professional Activities.
We would like to hear from EM Consultants if they are contracted to work Job Plans that deviate from this arrangement or if you have negotiated enhanced rates for premium time working. Please contact philip.mcmillan@collemergencymed.ac.uk.